Novak Djokovic and Roman Safiullin will face off in the semifinal of the Tel Aviv Watergen Open for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 12:30 pm on CENTRE COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Novak Djokovic who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Novak Djokovic is the pick to win this match.
Novak Djokovic -> 1.063
Roman Safiullin -> 9.9

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Prediction and head to head Novak Djokovic vs. Roman Safiullin

There is no head to head record between Novak Djokovic and Roman Safiullin since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Novak Djokovic

Ranked no. 7, Novak got to the semifinal after defeating Pablo Andujar 6-0 6-3 and Vasek Pospisil 7-6⁵ 6-3.

In the quarter, Novak had a good straight sets win against Pospisil (7-6⁵ 6-3). During the match, Djokovic scored 70 points vs Pospisil’s 61. Djokovic was extremely aggressive to blast 32 winners.

Talking about the service games, Djokovic bagged 8 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Novak Djokovic was very effective on serve to win 74% (32/43) of his 1st serve and 70% (16/23) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Djokovic was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Pospisil twice.

Overall Performance in this tournament

Novak hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this tournament to conquer 57% of the points he played.

Djokovic has an impressive win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 87% of his matches (546-82). 3-1 on indoor hard courts in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Djokovic has a composed 78-13 match record in the last years on indoor hard courts.

His best result of the year was winning the title in Rome where he beat Stefanos Tsitsipas in the final 6-0 7-6(5) and at the Wimbledon where he defeated Nick Kyrgios in the final 4-6 6-3 6-4 7-6(3).

The Serbian has an overall 26-6 win-loss record in 2022, 3-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Tel Aviv

Novak has never competed in this tournament before.

Roman Safiullin

Ranked no. 104, Safiullin reached the semifinal after defeating Hugo Grenier 3-6 6-4 6-2, Tomas Martin Etcheverry 6-1 6-4 and Arthur Rinderknech 6-4 6-1.

In the quarter, Safiullin had a good straight sets win against Rinderknech (6-4 6-1). During the match Safiullin scored 61 points vs Rinderknech’s 37. Safiullin was pretty aggressive to blast 26 winners.

Talking about serving, Safiullin managed to score 6 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Roman Safiullin was exceptionally effective on serve to win 90% (26/29) of his 1st serve and 69% (11/16) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Russian broke Rinderknech 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Roman has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 57% of the points he played.

Roman’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in the Sultan Challenger and the Chicago Challenger.

Safiullin has a compiled 35-15 win-loss record in 2022, 12-6 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Djokovic	Safiullin
Match played	2	3
Tot Set	4	7
Tot Games	37	61
Pts	139-107	207-159
Total Points	246	366
Winners	54	98
%Winners	39%	47%

Djokovic played 2 matches while Safiullin competed in 3 matches. At the moment, Roman Safiullin surrendered 1 set while Novak Djokovic hasn’t dropped a set so far. Djokovic has played 3 set(s) less than Safiullin (4 vs 7). Therefore, Djokovic played 24 games less than Safiullin. Novak scored 54 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, The Russian struck 98 winners (47%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Djokovic	Safiullin
Aces	16	22
Avg per match	8	7.3
1st in	70/107	122/191
%1st in	65%	64%
1st pts	54/70	98/122
%1st pts	77%	80%
2nd pts	26/37	37/69
%2nd pts	70%	54%

Djokovic blasted 16 aces (8 per match). Safiullin blasted 22 aces (7.3 per match). Djokovic won 77% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 70% of the points. On the other side, Safiullin won 80% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 54% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Djokovic	Safiullin
Won	6	9
Converted	6/14	9/18
% Converted	43%	50%
Conceded	3	11
Saved	2	9
% Saved	67%	82%
Times Broken	1	2

Novak broke his opponents 6 times with a 43% conversion rate. The Serbian conceded his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Roman broke his opponents 9 times with a 50% conversion rate. Safiullin conceded his serve twice and he saved 82% of the break points that he conceded.

Djokovic
	R2 Andujar	1/4 Pospisil	Total
Score	6-0 6-3	7-65 6-3
Tot Set	2	2	4
Tot Games	15	22	37
pts	69-46	70-61	139-107
Total points	115	131	246
Winners	22	32	54
%Winners	32%	46%	39%
SERVE
Aces	8	8	16
Double Faults	0	1	1
1st in	27/41	43/66	70/107
% 1st in	66%	65%	65%
1st pts	22/27	32/43	54/70
% 1st pts	81%	74%	77%
2nd pts	10/14	16/23	26/37
% 2nd pts	71%	70%	70%
Breaks
Won	4	2	6
Converted	4/12	2/2	6/14
Converted %	33%	100%	43%
Conceded	0	3	3
Saved	0/0	2/3	2
Saved %	–	67%	34%
Times Broken	0	1	1

Safiullin
	R1 Grenier	R2 Martin	1/4 Rinderknech	Total
Score	3-6 6-4 6-2	6-1 6-4	6-4 6-1
Tot Set	3	2	2	7
Tot Games	27	17	17	61
pts	88-80	58-42	61-37	207-159
Total points	168	100	98	366
Winners	46	26	26	98
%Winners	52%	45%	43%	47%
SERVE
Aces	10	6	6	22
Double Faults	7	4	1	12
1st in	60/90	33/56	29/45	122/191
% 1st in	67%	59%	64%	64%
1st pts	46/60	26/33	26/29	98/122
% 1st pts	77%	79%	90%	80%
2nd pts	13/30	13/23	11/16	37/69
% 2nd pts	43%	57%	69%	54%
Breaks
Won	3	3	3	9
Converted	3/6	3/4	3/8	9/18
Converted %	50%	75%	38%	50%
Conceded	9	1	1	11
Saved	7/9	1/1	1/1	9
Saved %	78%	100%	100%	139%
Times Broken	2	0	0	2

Tennis Scores in Tel Aviv

• Santiago Gonzalez/Andres MolteniGonzalez/Andres Molteni – Kevin Krawietz/Andreas MiesKrawietz/Andreas Mies (6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Rohan Bopanna/Matwe MiddelkoopBopanna/Matwe Middelkoop – Sadio Doumbia/Fabien ReboulDoumbia/Fabien Reboul (4-6 7-6³ 10-8) – Stats, scores, rankings

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Roman SafiullinSafiullin (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Constant LestienneLestienne – Marin CilicCilic (0-0) – H2H and prediction